Will commissioners’ 9-1-1 fee plan flatline?
Municipal officials balk at sharing costs for county-controlled services
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The CoatesvilleTimes.com
WEST CHESTER — A proposal to apply a tourniquet of sorts to the county’s hemorrhaging 9-1-1 costs has generated cries of anguish from some municipal officials, prompting the Chester County commissioners to delay a vote.
In an effort to defray about $2.6 million...
Heroics run gamut from starting life to averting death
Local EMS workers honored for life-saving efforts
By Kathleen Brady Shea Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
Edward J. Atkins, (from left) director of Chester County's Department of Emergency Services, retired state Rep. Arthur D. Hershey - honored with the Robert Thompson Memorial Award, and County Commissioners Kathi Cozzone and Ryan Costello.
When medical personnel arrived, the 14-year-old...
